Need sponsor for packages python-irclib and jabber-irc

2004-08-23 Thread Alexey Nezhdanov
Hello. At first: I already have a sponsor - Cosimo Alfarano but he is on vacancy up to end of August. I have prepared new version of python-irclib (I'm maintainer of it). It contains small modification to allow jabber-irc package work better. The jabber-irc is the new package and it is not in De

irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello list... i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed against it: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 the fix suggested there does not work. the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and irda-common and the current version i

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Frank Küster
Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > hello list... > > i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed > against it: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 > > the fix suggested there does not work. > the problem is that the package(s) in stable

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-23 Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and > irda-common and the current version is called irda-utils. when doing a > dist-ugprade from stable to unstable, irda-tools and irda-common are > not replaced a

library packaging problem

2004-08-23 Thread mzenker
Hi, I am trying to package a library. This is my first package (yes, I know that it is depreciated for packaging newbies, but I need it in my job...). I have used upstream .tar.gz sources (they use autoconf and automake) and tried to follow the new maintainer's guide. The problem is that the d

BOINC

2004-08-23 Thread Ben Hill
This mail registers my intent to take over the package maintenance of BOINC as per this bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=259936 Any problems, please mail me. Cheers, Ben -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.seigan.org GPG Fingerprint: 4309 1C58 5143 AFAC F69E 11CD 76FD 56D

Re: library packaging problem

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 18:16:20 +0200]: > Could anyone give me a hint where I have to look to find my (certainly > trivial) error? Can we look into the package's source? Without checking we have a hard time guessing. Regards, Laszlo/GCS

Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi people I have created a package of Raster3D. It's available at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. Words from the

RFS: sidplay-libs, sidplay

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
Hi Mentors, David, I am looking for a sponsor for sidplay-libs and sidplay, both available from mentors.debian.net[1][2]. Both needed to play Commodore C64 music files (.sid) on Linux. As sidplay-libs fixes a FTBFS bug, I would be very thankful if someone can look into it and upload soon. Please

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Stephen Frost
* Nelson A. de Oliveira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. Based on his words, it looks like it'd be at *best* non-free. It certainly could not be included in Debian proper. This is, i

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Chris Anderson
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:16, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi people > > I have created a package of Raster3D. > It's available at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ > > There is no license for the program, but talking with th

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Nelson A. de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 20:16:34 -0300]: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. DFSG[1]: 8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian The rights attached to the program must not depend o

RFS: zmanim and qtzmanim

2004-08-23 Thread Ken Bloom
I'm looking for sponsors for three small packages that I have written myself: Package: qtzmanim Version: 1.0.7 Description: A program for computing the times for jewish rituals This program calculates the zmanim (times for Jewish rituals) according to the GR"A opinion. This i

Re: BOINC

2004-08-23 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:14:15PM +0100, Ben Hill wrote: > This mail registers my intent to take over the package maintenance of > BOINC as per this bug report: No it doesn't. A message to the bug report, renaming the bug from an RFP to an ITP, and changing the bug owner to yourself, would regis

Re: RFH: strange message after package upload

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:35:08PM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: >Hi, > > My sponsor uploaded sidplay related packages for me. It was like before >with other packages: I get a message that the upload was ok, then that >it was accepted. However for two binary packages I get this snippshet:

Re: RFS: sidplay-libs, sidplay

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:25:36AM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: >http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sidplay-libs/ sidplay-libs_2.1.0.orig.tar.gz doesn't exist: --11:25:54-- http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sidplay-libs/sidplay-libs_2.1.0.orig.tar.gz => `

Re: RFH: strange message after package upload

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:43:08AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: >Check the list of binary packages of sidplay-libs at: > >http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sidplay-libs.html > >and you will see libresid-dev listed there. Which is a package you are taking over from ivo. Sorry for the noise

Re: RFC: crasm

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 02:54:27PM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: >[1] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/crasm/ debian/copyright is missing the following line [6][7]: Copyright (c) 1987 Leon Bottou The description in debian/control doesn't mention the upstream homepage [8][9].

Re: RFS: zmanim and qtzmanim

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:56:23PM -0700, Ken Bloom wrote: >I'm looking for sponsors for three small packages that I have written >myself: > > Package: qtzmanim > Version: 1.0.7 > Description: A program for computing the times for jewish rituals >This program calculates the zmanim (t

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:17:09AM -0600, Wesley J Landaker wrote: >The debian/copyright lists the upstream authors, but doesn't give any >copyright declaration: > >Also, AUTHORS also includes "Rick Chern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>", >which is not listed in debian/copyright. > >Also, there are quite a f

Re: Need sponsor for packages python-irclib and jabber-irc

2004-08-23 Thread Alexey Nezhdanov
At 23 Aug 2004, 09:30 Alexey Nezhdanov wrote: > I have prepared new version of python-irclib (I'm maintainer of it). It > contains small modification to allow jabber-irc package work better. > The jabber-irc is the new package and it is not in Debian archive yet. > This is the IRC-transport for jab

irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello list... i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed against it: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 the fix suggested there does not work. the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and irda-common and the current version i

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Frank Küster
Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > hello list... > > i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed > against it: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 > > the fix suggested there does not work. > the problem is that the package(s) in stable

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-23 Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and > irda-common and the current version is called irda-utils. when doing a > dist-ugprade from stable to unstable, irda-tools and irda-common are > not replaced a

library packaging problem

2004-08-23 Thread mzenker
Hi, I am trying to package a library. This is my first package (yes, I know that it is depreciated for packaging newbies, but I need it in my job...). I have used upstream .tar.gz sources (they use autoconf and automake) and tried to follow the new maintainer's guide. The problem is that the d

BOINC

2004-08-23 Thread Ben Hill
This mail registers my intent to take over the package maintenance of BOINC as per this bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=259936 Any problems, please mail me. Cheers, Ben -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.seigan.org GPG Fingerprint: 4309 1C58 5143 AFAC F69E 11CD 76FD 56D

Re: library packaging problem

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 18:16:20 +0200]: > Could anyone give me a hint where I have to look to find my (certainly trivial) > error? Can we look into the package's source? Without checking we have a hard time guessing. Regards, Laszlo/GCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi people I have created a package of Raster3D. It's available at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. Words from the auth

RFS: sidplay-libs, sidplay

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
Hi Mentors, David, I am looking for a sponsor for sidplay-libs and sidplay, both available from mentors.debian.net[1][2]. Both needed to play Commodore C64 music files (.sid) on Linux. As sidplay-libs fixes a FTBFS bug, I would be very thankful if someone can look into it and upload soon. Please

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Stephen Frost
* Nelson A. de Oliveira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. Based on his words, it looks like it'd be at *best* non-free. It certainly could not be included in Debian proper. This is, i

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Nelson A. de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 20:16:34 -0300]: > There is no license for the program, but talking with the auhtor, he > allows the inclusion of the program on Debian. DFSG[1]: 8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian The rights attached to the program must not depend o

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-23 Thread Chris Anderson
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:16, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi people > > I have created a package of Raster3D. > It's available at http://biolinux.df.ibilce.unesp.br/naoliv/raster3d/ > > There is no license for the program, but talking with th

RFS: zmanim and qtzmanim

2004-08-23 Thread Ken Bloom
I'm looking for sponsors for three small packages that I have written myself: Package: qtzmanim Version: 1.0.7 Description: A program for computing the times for jewish rituals This program calculates the zmanim (times for Jewish rituals) according to the GR"A opinion. This i

Re: BOINC

2004-08-23 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:14:15PM +0100, Ben Hill wrote: > This mail registers my intent to take over the package maintenance of > BOINC as per this bug report: No it doesn't. A message to the bug report, renaming the bug from an RFP to an ITP, and changing the bug owner to yourself, would regis

Re: RFH: strange message after package upload

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:35:08PM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: >Hi, > > My sponsor uploaded sidplay related packages for me. It was like before >with other packages: I get a message that the upload was ok, then that >it was accepted. However for two binary packages I get this snippshet:

Re: RFS: sidplay-libs, sidplay

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:25:36AM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: >http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sidplay-libs/ sidplay-libs_2.1.0.orig.tar.gz doesn't exist: --11:25:54-- http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sidplay-libs/sidplay-libs_2.1.0.orig.tar.gz => `

Re: RFH: strange message after package upload

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:43:08AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: >Check the list of binary packages of sidplay-libs at: > >http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sidplay-libs.html > >and you will see libresid-dev listed there. Which is a package you are taking over from ivo. Sorry for the noise

Re: RFC: crasm

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 02:54:27PM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: >[1] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/crasm/ debian/copyright is missing the following line [6][7]: Copyright (c) 1987 Leon Bottou The description in debian/control doesn't mention the upstream homepage [8][9].

Re: RFS: zmanim and qtzmanim

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:56:23PM -0700, Ken Bloom wrote: >I'm looking for sponsors for three small packages that I have written >myself: > > Package: qtzmanim > Version: 1.0.7 > Description: A program for computing the times for jewish rituals >This program calculates the zmanim (t

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:17:09AM -0600, Wesley J Landaker wrote: >The debian/copyright lists the upstream authors, but doesn't give any >copyright declaration: > >Also, AUTHORS also includes "Rick Chern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>", >which is not listed in debian/copyright. > >Also, there are quite a f

Re: Need sponsor for packages python-irclib and jabber-irc

2004-08-23 Thread Alexey Nezhdanov
At 23 Aug 2004, 09:30 Alexey Nezhdanov wrote: > I have prepared new version of python-irclib (I'm maintainer of it). It > contains small modification to allow jabber-irc package work better. > The jabber-irc is the new package and it is not in Debian archive yet. > This is the IRC-transport for jab

Re: RFS: sidplay-libs, sidplay

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-24 12:13:26 +1000]: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:25:36AM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: > >http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sidplay-libs/ > > sidplay-libs_2.1.0.orig.tar.gz doesn't exist: > > --11:25:54-- > http://mentors

Re: RFH: strange message after package upload

2004-08-23 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-24 12:46:32 +1000]: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:43:08AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > >Check the list of binary packages of sidplay-libs at: > > > >http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sidplay-libs.html > > > >and you will see libresid-d

Re: RFS: sidplay-libs, sidplay

2004-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 07:28:14AM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: > Exactly; if there's no change in the upstream version (like this case), >then it is not uploaded again. I know this is a little bug as >mentors.debian.net does not host the whole Debian tree, but dupload does >not know it.

Re: RFS: zmanim and qtzmanim

2004-08-23 Thread Ken Bloom
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:29:57PM +1000, Anibal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:56:23PM -0700, Ken Bloom wrote: > >I'm looking for sponsors for three small packages that I have written > >myself: > > > > Package: qtzmanim > > Version: 1.0.7 > > Description: A program f